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This was a short of the one I wanted so I posted the correct one below.
 
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Frank mentioned IVO props in the YT above. IVO built a homemade UL plane and flew over the Iron Curtain to freedom then came to the US and started a prop company 😆

3 A.M., August 4, 1984 - A young man, working in starlit darkness, feverishly completes the assembly of a homemade trike aircraft. Carefully, he points the wheels in the direction of Vienna, thirty miles away on the other side of the Czechoslovakian border The silence is finally broken by the starting of a two-cylinder Trabant auto engine and the quiet swishing of the propeller sound swells to a blare as the shadowy delta-wing moves forward across the plowed field and lifts off. Ivo Zdarsky is on his way to becoming the first refugee to successfully fly a homebuilt aircraft over the Iron Curtain to freedom.
Here's the whole story https://www.ivoprop.com/ivostory.htm
 
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"Balloon"

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The story of two east German families, 8 people in all, who had by 1979 constructed a hot air balloon to make a daring escape to west Germany and feedom. This is a remake of the original movie....."Night Crossing". The movie is captioned so read fast.

The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families who, on September 16, 1979, escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a homemade hot-air balloon during the Inner German border-era, when emigration to West Germany was strictly prohibited by the East German government.

They were inspired by a magazine article showing the hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque, NM and after scavenging to buy matireals so not to rise any suspicions of the police, they were able to make a functioning hot air balloon. Although primative it was adequate to do the job. They launched from a clearing in a forest where they wouldn't be detected and ascended to an altitude of 6500 ft on a cold September 16 night with a westward wind. Their flight of 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) took a little over 30 minutes. When they landed they asked for asylum and were granted their freedom.

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Back Story of the Movie

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West Virginia Public Broadcasting

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Appalachian Skies showcases some of the beauty of the state.

This is some of the scenery of the state of West Virginia that I thought some Nomads may find interesting. During Covid a lot of RVing families and Nomads came here thinking they may be less vulnerable to it given the isolation. The photography is recorded both on the ground and the areal views photographed using drones. A lot of eastern Kentucky, north eastern Tennessee, and north western North Carolina look similar.


Appalachian Skies
 
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Appalachian Skies showcases some of the beauty of the state.

This is some of the scenery of the state of West Virginia that I thought some Nomads may find interesting. During Covid a lot of RVing families and Nomads came here thinking they may be less vulnerable to it given the isolation. The photography is recorded both on the ground and the areal views photographed using drones. A lot of eastern Kentucky, north eastern Tennessee, and north western North Carolina look similar.


Appalachian Skies
So many anti-vaccine Trump supporters Covid 19 ran rampant at least in my family.
 
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